Deaths on August 15

Robert de Sorbon

Died on August 15, 1274

Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator, founded the College of Sorbonne (b. 1201)

Robert de Sorbon (French: [sɔʁbɔ̃]; 9 October 1201 – 15 August 1274) was a French theologian, the chaplain of Louis IX of France, and founder of the Sorbonne college in Paris.

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Ninth Crusade
Edward I of England returns from the Ninth Crusade and is crowned King seventeen days later.